Kitty Fabric

I've had the kitty themed fabric for a while now and I'm excited about making it into a quilt. I noticed the other day that I had a lot of black so I recently picked up the two cute gingham fabrics.

The only problem is that the adorable, shimmery, beautiful, turquoise gingham is polyester and and my neighbor (who quilts) said I shouldn't use it for several reasons; it'll fray like crazy, it's a loose weave, it won't shrink like the rest of the other cotton fabrics.... etc.

What do you think, what would you do?

I'm thinking that I may have to find something similar in cotton and use this lovely stuff to make a dress for my little girl.